Etiopien: Chelelektu
Etiopien: Chelelektu
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Etiopien: Chelelektu

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In the cup: An elegant and floral coffee with aromas of jasmine and rose. Sweet honey-like notes intertwined with flavours of bergamot and black tea.

SCA score: 89 points

Mouthfeel: Layered, elegant

Variety: Dega, Kudhume, Wolisho

Process: Fully Washed

Producer: Local Smallholders / Chelektu Washing Station

Altitude: 1700 m.a.s.l. 

Region: Kochere, Yirgacheffe

Background:  

 

Located within the Woreda Kochere, in the Yirgacheffe Zone, lies the Kebele Chelelektu. The washing station here is a great example of the signature Ethiopian look: a rich colourful rainbow of earth, trees, sky, coffee cherries, homes and people that all move and fold with the land. The raised drying beds are enclosed by a wooden fence that tightly seals it off from the overgrowth of the native forest outside but does not completely shield the view of the sunlight.

The Chelelektu washing station was built in 2010 and processes up to 950,000kg of ripe coffee cherries each year from its 363 contributing smallholders who bring their ripe cherries for processing. Farmers around Chelelektu have trees at elevations ranging from 1300-2200 meters above sea level, making it one of the washing stations with coffees from the widest range of elevations in Yirgacheffe.

Yirgacheffe

Yirgacheffe is one of the coffee areas defined by the Ethiopia Commodity Exchange in recognition of the common quality and flavor attributes of coffee grown in the area around Yirgacheffe. This broad coffee area includes part of the Bornea Zone of the Oromia Region and the Gedeo Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People’s Region (SNNPR). The Gedeo Zone of SNNPR has five woredas, or districts: Wonago, Bule, Kochere, Gedeb, and Yirgacheffe, the last giving this coffee region its name.

The Kochere woreda is located to the south of Yirgacheffe woreda, to the north of Gedeb woreda, to the east of Oromia Zone and has a total population of more than 130,000 people. The people of Kochere observe many religions, speak many languages, and belong to many ethnic groups, including the Gedo, Oromo, and Amhara. The climate in Kochere sees 1592ml annual rainfall with temperatures between 16.5 and 18.3° C